Ubuntu Census Survey (the missing questions are comment fields where the respondee could offer whatever comments or suggestions she might have to that section). ** Presentation ** This questionnaire seeks to gather basic and relatively valid statistics on the Ubuntu Linux community as whole. It is called a census survey since there's no official register of people contributing to Ubuntu [1]. In spite of the name, the survey will not be used to keep track of individuals and their contributions to Ubuntu. Instead, the objective is to examine statistically the membership of the Ubuntu community: - Who are joining the Ubuntu community and for what reasons. - How they use computers in general. - How is their relationship to the F/OSS world in general. All of the received survey data will be anonymized. Your name will only be used to file the questionnaire. Your privacy will be protected as according to usual anthropological practice [2]. I plan to have this data collected and analyzed to present the results to you at the Ubuntu Developers' Summit in Paris in June, and I will of course make the relevant results available on-line afterwards. The questionnaire consists of 5 sections (A to F) split up into 20 pages and a total of 65 questions (excluding the voluntary comment fields at the end of each page). It should take around 15 minutes to complete, depending on your level of involvement in the F/OSS world, and the number of comments that you find you want to add while filling out the questionnaire. PLEASE NOTE: At the bottom of each page of the survey, you will find a Comment field. Please use these fields to add comments or extra information directly to the page or the question you want to comment on. Hopefully this will allow you as a respondee to answer in as much detail as you feel like. Thank you very much for your help! Andreas Lloyd [https://launchpad.net/people/lloydinho] [1]: At the moment of writing, there are 1270 Launchpad members who have signed the Code of Conduct, thus qualifying for the Ubuntero badge. But there is most certainly many other Ubuntu users and participants who haven't signed the Code of Conduct, or who simply don't use Launchpad. [2]: http://ethics.iit.edu/codes/coe/aanta-1998.html ---- Section A1 - General Profile 1. Name: 2. Gender: Male Female 3. Age: years 4. Nationality: 5. In which city and in which country do you currently live? 6. Private Status: Co-habitating with Significant Other Not co-habitating with Significant Other 7. Do you have children? No. Yes - one. Yes - two. Yes - three. Yes - more than three. ---- Section A2 - Education and Profession 9. Level of education (highest finished degree): Basic School (usually until age 15) High School (usually age 15-18) University - bachelor's degree University - Master's degre University - Ph.d Other education - please specify: 10. If you put ticked any of the "University" boxes above, please write which subjects you majored in: 11. Current profession: 12. If you are an IT professional, what does your work responsibilities consist of? I'm not an IT professional Programming / Program Development Quality Assurance Documentation / Technical Writing Support / Help Desk Network Administration Web Designer Graphic Designer Network Security Training Other - please specify: ---- Section B1 - Computer Access and Use 14. How many personal computers do you own? (*single answer*) I don't own a computer 1 2 3 4 More than 4 - please specify: 15. What type of computer is your primary computer? (*single answer*) Laptop, notebook, or other portable computer Desktop computer Other - please specify: 16. Which chipset does your primary computer have? (*single answer*) Intel x86 PowerPC AMD64 Other - please specify: 17. Which operating systems do you use in your daily work? Ubuntu Kubuntu Xubuntu Edubuntu Mac OS X Windows 98 Windows 2000, Me, NT Windows XP FreeBSD Debian Another Linux Distribution (please specify below) Other - please specify: 18. Do you use dual boot (have more than one operating system installed) on your primary computer? (*single answer*) Yes No 19. How often do you install or re-install operating systems on your computer(s)? (*single answer*) Every week Every Month Every 3 months Every 6 months Every year Less than every year Other - please specify: 20. Do you regularly use development versions of Ubuntu or Ubuntu derivatives? (*single answer*) No, I only use stable releases Yes, I try out the Live CD releases without installing Yes, I install an early development release and update it frequently Yes, I install a few test releases per development cycle Yes, I install at least one test release per development cycle Other - please specify: ---- Section B2 - Program preferences and Internet access 22. Which types of programs do you use at least once a week? (*Multiple answers allowed*) (email and web browsing are considered implicit by your taking part in this survey) Basic *nix command line tools (such as cat, ssh, grep) Text editing / Integrated Development Environment Programming tools (compilers, debuggers, etc.) Instant Messaging Internet Relay Chat Voice Over IP (such as Skype) Word processing Spreadsheet Powerpoint Music player Video player Sound editing Image editing Video editing Desktop Publishing 3d Graphics Web Design Database CAD/CAM Scientific programs (such as Matlab) Filesharing (such bittorrents or P2P networks) Mainstream Games (titles such as Half-Life 2 or World of Warcraft) Other Games (abandonware, community-made mods) Desktop Games (such as the ones provided with Ubuntu - ie. Tetris, FreeCell etc.) Other types - please specify: 23. Which window manager/desktop environment do you use? GNOME KDE Xfce Fluxbox Enlightenment Other - please specify: 24. Which kind of Internet connection do you have at home? None Dial-up ISDN DSL Cable Broadband T1 Other - please specify: 25. Do you have access to a faster Internet connection elsewhere that you use for F/OSS downloads? No. Yes, at school Yes, at university Yes, at work Yes, at a local Internet Café Yes, other - please specify: 26. How much time do you use on computers (working, playing games, socialising online etc.) in an average week? Less than 10 hours a week 10 to 20 hours a week 20 to 30 hours a week 30 to 40 hours a week 40 to 50 hours a week 50 to 60 hours a week 60 to 70 hours a week more than 70 hours a week ---- Section C1 - Programming Experience 28. Rate your experience with computer programming: Completely inexperienced (never touched a compiler in your life) Basic knowledge (took a beginner's course once, but it never caught on, can write small scripts with some effort) Intermediate (can write small programs and scripts and read some source code) Experienced (can write medium sized programs and scripts when you need them. Can read most source code) Expert (can write larger programs, fluent in several programming languages) Wizard (know the properties of your languages so well that you rarely need to look it up in the book) If you answered question C1 with "Completely inexperienced" or "Basic Knowledge", please continue with section D. If you answered question C1 with "Intermediate" or better, please continue with question C2. ---- Section C2 - Programming preferences 30. At what age did you begin programming computers comfortably? I'm still only an intermediate - I don't program comfortably! Younger than age 12 Age 12 to 16 Age 16 to 20 Age 20 to 25 Age 26 or older - please specify age: 31. Which of these programming or scripting languages do you use regularly? C C++ C# Python Ruby PHP Perl Tcl Java Lisp Fortran Bash Pascal Other - please specify: 32. Which text editor or Integrated Development Environment do you prefer when you program or write scripts? Emacs Vim Gedit Kate KDevelop Bluefish Eclipse Scite Other - please specify: 33. Please write a few words summing up what you like most about programming. It can be a few key words, a sentence, a quote or something completely different: ---- Section D1 - Experience with Free and Open Source Software 35. When did you begin using Free and Open Source Software? Before 1991 Between 1991 and 1995 Between 1996 and 1999 Between 2000 and 2003 2004 or later 36. What attracted you to Free and Open Source Software? Simple curiosity Free of charge The security The quality The open source code The GNU philosophy The community The Unix architecture Anti-Microsoft sentiment Other - please specify: 37. What do you dislike about Free and Open Source Software? 38. Which other *nix or Linux distributions have you used besides Ubuntu? I haven't used any other distributions. Debian Mepis Knoppix Redhat Fedora Core Mandriva (formerly Mandrake) SuSe Slackware Gentoo FreeBSD NetBSD Other - please specify: 39. Have you participated in other Free and Open Source Software communities besides Ubuntu? Yes No ---- Section D2 - F/OSS Work and contributions 41. Which F/OSS projects have you contributed to? Debian X-Window KDE Linux Kernel GNOME Other - please specify: 42. How have you contributed to these F/OSS projects? (if you have contributed in different ways to different projects, please comment on this in the following question) As a core developer (with full commit access to the project Revision Control System) As a developer (with limited commit access, or by submitting patches to a mailing-list) As a package maintainer Bug reporting Bug triage (checking for duplicate bugs, confirming bugs, etc.) Administration of mirror server or other F/OSS-related server Writing documentation Usability reviewing Helping users through mailing-lists, IRC or web-forums 'Evangelizing' (convincing other people to use F/OSS) Organizing conference booths and happenings on Ubuntu Creating Artwork Translation Other - please specify: 43. If you have contributed in different ways to different projects, please specify how: ---- Section E1 - Introduction to the Ubuntu Community 45. When did you first hear of Ubuntu? 1st quarter 2004 2nd quarter 2004 3rd quarter 2004 4th quarter 2004 1st quarter 2005 2nd quarter 2005 3rd quarter 2005 4th quarter 2005 1st quarter 2006 2nd quarter 2006 46. When did you begin using Ubuntu? 2nd quarter 2004 3rd quarter 2004 4th quarter 2004 1st quarter 2005 2nd quarter 2005 3rd quarter 2005 4th quarter 2005 1st quarter 2006 2nd quarter 2006 47. What attracted you to Ubuntu? Desktop usability Hardware detection and drivers Free of charge The community Free CDs through Ship-it Python development platform Debian-base The South African philosophy ("Humanity towards others") The GNU philosophy Mark Shuttleworth Other - please specify: 48. Have you signed the Ubuntu Code of Conduct? Yes No I have not heard of the Code of Conduct until now ---- Section E2 - Participation in the Ubuntu community 50. What is your level of involvement with the Ubuntu community? Core developer (paid by Canonical to work on Ubuntu) Developer (Volunteer developer with responsibilities in the community) Maintainer (Volunteer maintainer of packages, documentation or other) Participant (Casual contributor of bug reports or fixes, member of a Launchpad team) User (Helps casually with support or bug reports, but no official involvement) 51. How are you involved in Ubuntu? As a core developer (with commit access to the Main repositories) As a developer (with commit access to the Universe and Multiverse repositories) As a package maintainer Bug reporting Bug triage (checking for duplicate bugs, confirming bugs, etc.) Administration of mirror server or other Ubuntu-related server Upstream Developer Writing documentation Helping users through mailing-lists, IRC or web-forums 'Evangelizing' (convincing other people to use Ubuntu) Creating Artwork Translation LoCo-Team involvement Other - please specify: 52. How much time do you spend working on (contributing to) Ubuntu in an average week? Less than 1 hour a week Less than 10 hours a week 10 to 20 hours a week 20 to 30 hours a week 30 to 40 hours a week 40 to 50 hours a week 50 to 60 hours a week 60 to 70 hours a week more than 70 hours a week 53. When did you begin contributing to the Ubuntu community? 1st quarter 2004 2nd quarter 2004 3rd quarter 2004 4th quarter 2004 1st quarter 2005 2nd quarter 2005 3rd quarter 2005 4th quarter 2005 1st quarter 2006 2nd quarter 2006 ---- Section E3 - Communication in the Ubuntu community 55. Which of the following sources do you use to hear about developments and events in the Ubuntu community? *Obligatory* Please rank them according to how relevant they are for you - if there are choices you do not use, please mark them 'N/A'. categories: Very relevant Fairly relevant Of some relevance Of little relevance Of very little relevance N/A Options: Ubuntu Website frontpage The Fridge Planet Ubuntu The Ubuntu Wiki The Ubuntu Mailing-lists. The IRC channels on freenode. The Ubuntu web forums Launchpad News websites such as Slashdot.org, Digg.com or Debian-news.net Other blogs (not aggregated through Planet Ubuntu) Personal communication Ubuntu Developers' Summits 56. If you use other modes of communication not listed above to follow developments in the Ubuntu community, please specify them here: ---- Please Note: NB: Unfortunately, the web survey system does not allow for skipping questions based on having answered 'N/A' in a ranking poll. Therefore, some of the following sections may be irrelevant for you if you have entered that you do not use one or more of the modes of communication mentioned in the previous section. You're welcome to answer the questions in those sections (there are appropriate answers for those who rarely use those modes of communication) or you can simply skip them. I hope for your forgiveness in this technical limitation of the web survey form. Thank you. :-) ---- Section E4 - Mailing Lists 58. Which Ubuntu mailing-lists do you subscribe to? Please rank them according to how relevant they are for you - if there are choices you do not use, please mark them 'N/A'. categories: Very relevant Fairly relevant Of some relevance Of little relevance Of very little relevance N/A Options: ubuntu-users -announce -devel-announce -sounder -ubuntu-devel ubuntu-desktop ubuntu-bugs kubuntu-devel kubuntu-bugs edubuntu-devel xubuntu-devel -changes -kernel -news -doc -motu -women Local Community (LoCo) team list for your region 59. If you subscribe to other Ubuntu mailing-lists not listed above, please specify them here: 60. How often do you read the mailing-lists you subscribe to? Every day More than 3 times a week Every week Every month Less than every month 61. How often do you write to the mailing-lists that you subscribe to? Every day More than 3 times a week Every week Every month Less than every month I've never written to the mailing-lists ---- Section E5 - IRC Channels 63. Which of the following IRC channels do you log on to? Please rank them according to how relevant they are for you - if there are choices you do not use, please mark them N/A categories: Very relevant Fairly relevant Of some relevance Of little relevance Of very little relevance N/A #ubuntu #kubuntu #kubuntu-devel #ubuntu-devel #ubuntu-meeting #ubuntu-doc #ubuntu-bugs #ubuntu-kernel #ubuntu-motu #ubuntu-offtopic Local Community (LoCo) Team channel for your region 64. If you log on to other Ubuntu IRC Channels not listed above, please specify them here: 65. How often do you actively participate on the Ubuntu IRC channels ? I am an operator on one or more channels! Every day More than 3 times a week Every week Every month Less than every month I've never participated on the Ubuntu IRC channels. ---- Section E6 - Web forums 67. Do you have an account on the Ubuntu web forums? Yes No 68. How often do you visit the Ubuntu web forums? I am a moderator there! Every day More than 3 times a week Every week Every month Less than every month I've never visited the forums 69. How often do you post on the Ubuntu web forums? I am a moderator there! Every day More than 3 times a week Every week Every month Less than every month I've never posted on the forums ---- Section E7 - The Ubuntu Website 71. How often do you visit the Ubuntu website frontpage? Every day More than 3 times a week Every week Every month Less than every month 72. How often do you visit the Ubuntu Fridge? Every day More than 3 times a week Every week Every month Less than every month I've never visited the Ubuntu Fridge 73. How often do you visit (or read through a RSS feed) the Planet Ubuntu blog? Every day More than 3 times a week Every week Every month Less than every month I've never read the Planet Ubuntu blog ---- Section E8 - Launchpad account 75. Do you have a Launchpad account? Yes No ---- Section E9 - Launchpad use 76. How often do you use Launchpad? Every day More than 3 times a week Every week Every month Less than every month 77. Which parts of Launchpad do you use? Malone (bugtracker) Blueprint (Specification tracker) Rosetta (translation system) Bazaar (Revision Control System) Tech support system Ship-It Other - please specify: 78. Which Ubuntu-related Launchpad teams are you a member of? I'm not a member of any Ubuntu-related teams Ubuntu Members Ubuntu Core Development Team Ubuntu Development Team Kubuntu Members Kubuntu Development Team Masters of the Universe Ubuntu Bugsquad Ubuntu Laptop Team Ubuntu Server Team Documentation Team Localization/Translation Team for your region Other - please specify: 79. Do you use Launchpad to participate in other projects besides Ubuntu? No Yes - please specify which projects: ---- Section F - General comments on the questionnaire 81. How did you like the questionnaire? Any problems? Suggestions? 82. Anything else you'd like to add about your involvement in the Ubuntu community? Please write it here: ---- Finished! Thank you for your time and your answers! Your help is most appreciated. As stated above, your name will only be used to file the questionnaire and your privacy will be protected. Please feel free to contact me with any concerns or ideas for the project.